Japanese woman dead, husband missing in Maldives

TOKYO (majirox news) — A Japanese woman is dead and searchers continue looking for her husband in the Maldives on Aug. 22, according to local reports.

Rescuers in the Maldives had been searching for the couple since Thursday last week after they had not been seen for the previous two days.

Maldives police found the 29-year-old woman’s body on Sunday on a beach located near a water bungalow at the Adaaran Huduranfushi Island Resort where she had been staying with her 37-year-old husband, who remains missing.

Maldives police said further investigations are required to confirm the identity of the dead woman’s body and the precise cause of her demise.